abc's steve osunsami has this story. >> reporter: what a wakeup call. >> how far is it sinking? >> it's just cracking. the whole house and the floors are cracking. >> reporter: it was five this morning, and a giant sinkhole was swallowing homes and destroying the peace in this florida neighborhood. >> it looks like a meteor hit it, or the earth opened. >> reporter: it opened up 70 feet wide and 50 feet deep. police rushed seven families from their homes. then they asked for quiet, while they listened to see if it's still growing. >> right now we're asking everyone to stay in place except for the homes we have evacuated. >> reporter: this is as close as we can get to the sinkhole because officials here believe it is still moving. you can see the pool that everyone is talking about there that crashed into the center of this. you can see the pool cleaner still over there. it's very, very deep. sinkholes happen all over america. this one was caught on camera in louisiana sucking trees into swamp. but florida is sinkhole central, and this is the area they call sinkhole alley, with a